Word Processors and Typists Career, Salary and Skills
Word Processors and Typists have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $49,280 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 35,010. Wage data is published for 120 locations.
Occupation description
Use word processor, computer, or typewriter to type letters, reports, forms, or other material from rough draft, corrected copy, or voice recording. May perform other clerical duties as assigned.
O*NET code
43-9022.00
Job zone
2
Typical education
Not recorded
Experience
Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year
National salary and employment
Median annual
$49,280
Hourly median
$23.69
Employment
35,010
Data year
2025
National salary distribution
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Reading Comprehension | 3.75 | 3.62 |
| Active Listening | 3.38 | 3.25 |
| Writing | 3.25 | 3.38 |
| Monitoring | 3.00 | 2.38 |
| Speaking | 3.00 | 3.00 |
| Critical Thinking | 2.88 | 2.62 |
| Time Management | 2.88 | 2.62 |
| Social Perceptiveness | 2.62 | 2.38 |
| Service Orientation | 2.50 | 2.25 |
| Coordination | 2.50 | 2.12 |
Typical tasks
- Transmit work electronically to other locations.
- Perform other clerical duties, such as answering telephone, sorting and distributing mail, running errands or sending faxes.
- Electronically sort and compile text and numerical data, retrieving, updating, and merging documents as required.
- Check completed work for spelling, grammar, punctuation, and format.
- Print and make copies of work.
- Search for specific sets of stored, typed characters to make changes.
- Address envelopes or prepare envelope labels, using typewriter or computer.
- File and store completed documents on computer hard drive or disk, or maintain a computer filing system to store, retrieve, update, and delete documents.
Technology
- Act!
- Adobe Acrobat
- Blackbaud CRM
- Corel WordPerfect Office Suite
- FileMaker Pro
- Google Workspace software
- IBM Notes
- Intuit QuickBooks
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Publisher
Word Processors and Typists salary by location
Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.
- Word Processors and Typists Salary in NYMedian $48,400 · Employment 12,340
- Word Processors and Typists Salary in CAMedian $56,380 · Employment 10,270
- Word Processors and Typists Salary in New York, NYMedian $52,290 · Employment 8,370
- Word Processors and Typists Salary in Los Angeles, CAMedian $57,670 · Employment 6,830
- Word Processors and Typists Salary in NJMedian $49,520 · Employment 3,560
- Word Processors and Typists Salary in PRMedian $32,270 · Employment 1,700
- Word Processors and Typists Salary in San Juan, PRMedian $28,940 · Employment 1,330
- Word Processors and Typists Salary in Buffalo, NYMedian $47,040 · Employment 1,300
- Word Processors and Typists Salary in PAMedian $41,000 · Employment 1,170
- Word Processors and Typists Salary in FLMedian $35,770 · Employment 1,000
- Word Processors and Typists Salary in Riverside, CAMedian $49,280 · Employment 880
- Word Processors and Typists Salary in San Francisco, CAMedian $79,430 · Employment 840
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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.